What’s up with the original Tony Luke’s on Oregon and Front in South Philly? #WheresLuke? –

If you remember back in May, the father of Tony Luke Jr. and his brother pled guilty to a 10-year, $1.5 million tax fraud scheme:

Investigators found that Tony Luke Sr. and Nicholas Lucidonio failed to deposit millions of dollars in cash to the company’s business bank, a maneuver made easier by the substantial share of Tony Luke’s customers who pay in cash.

While the restaurant’s actual receipts and income were tracked by the store’s POS system and sent to the company’s administrative offices, the Lucidonios gave their accountant their business’s bank account information to prepare and file annual corporate income tax returns based on underreported income.

The Lucidonios also committed payroll tax fraud by writing checks for employees that only represented wages for a portion of their hours worked. The employees were directed to endorse their paychecks back to the Lucidonios and store managers, in exchange for receiving envelopes containing cash that reflected the true number of hours they worked, prosecutors said.

There hasn’t been anything about sentencing yet, but both are looking at up to five years of jail time.

So is this a rebrand? This is the only Tony Luke’s location that doesn’t belong to Tony Luke Jr. There was a falling out in 2015. Tony Luke Jr. sued Tony Sr. and his brother, which uncovered the tax fraud scheme. I reached out to our senior investigator here at Crossing Broad, Kevin Kinkead, and he thinks it must be a rebrand of some sort. Drop the Tony Luke’s name and no one will no the difference in time. It worked for Manco & Manco.

P.S. Guess where the weirdest spot Tony Luke’s ever opened, and don’t say Chester Correctional. Did you know there were 22 Tony Luke’s in Bahrain until they left in 2016? Mmmmmm:


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P.P.S Tough summer for Italians. Between Paulie Walnuts, Ray Liotta, James Caan, and the Luke’s, 2022 isn’t going to be one to remember.